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Unfortunately, not everything in life can be flowers and butterflies. And while the less positive things are not something one typically enjoys, they tend to make people appreciate all that’s nice just a little bit more.
Some rather bitter aspects of life were recently discussed by members of the ‘Ask’ community, after one user asked them what are some of the saddest truths about life. Fellow netizens got heartbreakingly honest, covering everything from the downsides of being a good person to time relentlessly passing us by, and beyond. Scroll down to find their answers on the list below and see for yourself what gloomy things tend to balance out the positive in life.
Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy at Wilfrid Laurier University, Dr. Gary Foster, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about dealing with the negative aspects of life.
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#1
That the years pass faster every year.
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
Not this weekend, glad I'm back at work to rest a bit.
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Any 1 year ago
It's only because of routines. If you're doing the same for 40plus years.... ehmn yeah there is nothing in remembering jet another workday, which is exactly the same. Stay interested, learn new things. It feels faster maybe, but it's not.
User# 6 1 year ago
It's because at ten years old, a year is 10% of your entire life, at fifty it's just 2%.
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keyboardtek 1 year ago
Except the days you are in chronic pain, they seem to last a year each.
Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 1 year ago
the part of your life where you've a little wealth, a lot of experience, and time to travel and enjoy life...is exactly the time when you are too old, tired, and decrepit to enjoy any of it. It's also the time when you are most likely to get "let go" because of your age, even though you have all those years and rich rxperiences that make you the best at what you do.
Dominik 1 year ago (edited)
how is this a truth? Most "truths" of this threads apply to ppl who don't realize that keeping friends and maintaining an active life style (etc) actually requires you to put in work. No matter if you're introvert or extro. But it pays off big time
Duvet Woman 1 year ago (edited)
This post doesn't say anything about a life not geing rich and rewarding. Simply, as one gets older, the years fly by quicker and quicker. Anyway, making friends is easier said than done as you get older. The same as keeping friends. People's lives change, they move away, have new priorities such as becoming full time carers for loved ones, or friends drift away if you suffer a ling serious illness,. Many older people live alone after their children gave moved away, spouses and friends have died.
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#2
Being a “good person” doesn’t absolve you from bad things happening to you.
Sergy Yeltsen 1 year ago
There is no greater proof there is no god/gods at all is bad things happening to good people, and good things happening to bad people.
scotty 1 year ago
It’s proof that we have free will. This world is passing. That is the lesson. We have the opportunity to love or to hate in reaction to all things. That is the test in this life.
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Duvet Woman 1 year ago
Too right! Mum is/was such a kind supportive woman but from childhood she was treated badly by people and a majority of her life was miserable. In her twilight years, when she had a chance to be happy after all the toxic people had left her life, she has been afflicted by alzheimers, delusions and anxiety. Life is s cruel.
Jason 1 year ago
I feel you there. My mom an amazing supportive and caring person to everyone she met. Would help anyone in need. Best mom anyone could ever ask for. Gets abused by her family growing up. Husbands. Then every crappy disease you could get and ends up dying to an accident.
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Leon Flanary 1 year ago
I prefer free will rather than my life being orchestrated, which it would have to be if all danger and sadness was purposely eliminated. God's best gift is free will.
Tiff G 1 year ago
The word 'protect' would be more fitting than the word 'absolve' (in which case, #5 and #6 are basically saying the same thing)... unless the post was supposed to say something like "we're not just gonna forget what a d**k you were before just because you're nice now!" Either way - poorly phrased.
Disgruntled Pelican 1 year ago
Ehh I could have still appreciated the good without having to bury a large chunk of my family along with several friends which caused me to have severe anxiety and depression by the age of 15.
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The government doesnt give s s**t about homeless people.
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 year ago
The government absolutely loves homeless people - knowing we can end up homeless keeps the rest of us in check working bad jobs for exploitative bosses who don't care about society or the environment, they only care about thier bank balance and buying politicians (lobbying) to keep this awful status quo going.
scotty 1 year ago
The government isn’t a person. It is a machine of sorts. It doesn’t have a single thought or opinion beyond those of the individual politicians. Perhaps politicians don’t really care, or perhaps they do. We need to stop anthropomorphizing such entities as if government were Big Brother.
Emma S 1 year ago (edited)
Not just the homeless, just anyone that isn't wealthy. During lockdown my local authority managed to find emergency accommodation for everyone who was living on the streets. Because homeless people were more visible they suddenly had to act. Which made me realise that there is the capacity to house homeless people but they just don't want to.
María Hermida 1 year ago
The government doesn't give a s**t about anyone. We are a number and nobody cares. Full stop. Every single thing we "receive" is just the minimum amount to make us believe they care, so that we keep on supporting the system. Public schools don't teach kids to be free citizens, but servile "bricks in the wall". "Universal" health doesn't give a f**k about your actual health and well-being, it just mends you so that you can go on being productive. It's like a mirage that keeps us walking. But when something goes wrong... we are all disposable.
Betty Vanderhooven-SchmaaSchmaa 1 year ago
This is true of all hierarchical systems. Both gov't and business.
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#4
You can’t love someone into loving you back.
notreallyraine (they/them) 1 year ago
oh im sorry.. i know its rough right now but itll always get better eventually! you've survived every rough time before and im sure you will again.
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Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
Actually you can. It is however expensive, painful, and time consuming.
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Vicki Doggurl 1 year ago
An exhusband and a BF later…. I am happy on my own with my 24 yo kiddo!
#5
"People don't get what they deserve, they get what they get" - Greg House
Some people are awful humans their entire lives and never suffer a single consequence for it, while others do everything they can to be genuinely good people and get s**t on their entire lives.
Hugh Cookson 1 year ago
Oh the first point in the follow up just goes to show you how the Trumpcunt got into the whitehouse and still manages to convince the less mentally able amongst you Americans that he is the saviour of your country ( spoiler, no he's not, he's a liar, thief, narcissist and only interested in enriching himself and his already financially bloated ugly chums) : I'm not saying that Biden is any better but at least he seems decent. Oh, and you guys really need to put an upper age limit on who can run for president ..... say 65 for openers.
Ramirez rachael 1 year ago
People say that you are insane if you complete the same task over and over again and expect different results. But life is not like that, it doesn’t care who you are or what you do.
Vadertime 1 year ago
This is why I believe in God. They will get their just deserves in the aferlife.
Dr. Foster added that sometimes we simply need a good cry. “It is good, I think, to reflect, not only on the good and joyful things in life, but also the reality of suffering and sorrow.
“Of course, dwelling on these ‘negative’ realities is not healthy any more than ignoring them is,” he continued, “but psychologically speaking, I think there is something healthy about facing the unpleasant realities of life (to the degree that it is possible) and still affirming that life is good or worth living. Nietzsche and Camus both seem to endorse such an attitude.”
#6
That you can do everything right. Be the best version of yourself. Some people will still leave and you can still fail.
Jason 1 year ago
You fail in life. It's how you learn. Bet you didn't walk at birth. Eventually you can run. Even if you can run you may trip sometimes. Get up and keep going cause there is so much in life to see and experience
Alexandra 1 year ago
Not sure if I agree with 'fail in life'. Life is not an assignment with a grade at the end. In that sense you can never fail.
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Saint Thomas 1 year ago
As Picard states in Star Trek TNG : "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life."
#7
We rarely are aware of our "last" moments, so don't cherish them until they are a fading memory. The last time your dad hugged you back. The last passionate kiss from somebody you love. The last time you ran as fast as you could. The last time you were proud of yourself for accomplishing something. etc.
Any 1 year ago (edited)
Why shouldn't I cherish them earlier? Sure I don't know what the last moments are, but I can cherish every good moment nonetheless...
Bobby Beans 1 year ago
The wording is very poor. It should read something like: "We rarely are aware of our last moments, and because of that, we don't cherish them until..."
Load More Replies... Donna Peluda 1 year ago
Knocked a 10cm ventilation hole from my kitchen to outside through cement and bricks about half a meter of load bearing wall. My arms nearly fell of but I'm f***ing proud.
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 1 year ago
I'm going to run as fast as I can today so I never have to do it again.
ConstantlyJon 1 year ago
In this stock photo dad's case, he was cherishing his final moments with his daughter right before he chucked her off the precipice.
Michael None 1 year ago
There's a millennia's old concept known as "Memento Mori" or remember death. It means remember that you are going to die someday but likely won't know when, so live your every moment as good as you can. Every time you see someone might be the last time so hug you kids/parents/friends/partners tight and don't let petty things get in the way of saying how you truly feel. Each moment becomes important.
#8
The odds are that you’re a lowly worker ant, and you won’t really be able to change that. Find happiness in your life, no matter how mundane others try to make it seem….
Šimon Špaček 1 year ago
Also, remember that not all hobbies are there for gain. I have two main "hobbies" now, garden and archery. I will never get anything for archery and that is fine. With garden... well, I have a lots of zucchini every year, but I'm really trying to get bell peppers and tomatoes this year. But even if I will get nothing again, just preparing the garden was well-spent time.
Hugh Cookson 1 year ago
Grow flowers and make the world a more colourful place. Well done BTW.
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Donna Peluda 1 year ago
Your job is not who you are. I love my job, what I do. That is fix things. I hate the politics inside the company. The back stabbing, the brown nosing etc. But my my work doesn't define who I am. Friends and family (if have a good one, not my case) are important. Having different types of friends and learning from them. Knowledge is something nobody can take from you and you might win a few beers on trivia night. But the best friend of all is your Dog.
Cheryl Robinson-Atwood 1 year ago
Well said! I was a hospital RN. I loved my job, but the backbiting and politics ruined it for me. I developed severe depression and fibromyalgia and had to retire early. But my dogs still loved me.
Load More Replies... Cosmikid 1 year ago
Let's see... 8 plus Billion people on the planet- my chances of being Top Ant... really pretty much like those of 8 Billion other ants. Well, that just pisses me off.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
Why would you make your happyness dependant on your job? Since when is a job position imperative to your happyness? A job is just a means to an end. And it‘s more important to at least like ones job, then what the job will get you money wise. Money will not save you from a burnout or lost nerves in a bad job.
Sonja 1 year ago
That's the worst thing about social media. It utterly destroyed the ability to enjoy the simple joys in life. Whatever happens to you, if you go to Instagram or Facebook or tiktok or X it always seems as if everyone else is either a hundred times happier than you, or as if everything is hopeless. There's no middle ground.
Della 1 year ago
Social media is evil. Granted, I'm a dinosaur, but I don't get the big deal about banning tiktok. Find another app, there's a million of them. BP is my only social media vice. I make a comment and never hear anything about it.
Load More Replies...According to Dr. Gary Foster, contemplating the sad or tragic aspects of life can benefit a person partly for the reasons that Aristotle offered. “Sometimes we need a good cleansing or catharsis of certain emotions which seem to arise quite naturally during the everyday drama of life,” he suggested.
“But I also think there is virtue and empowerment in simply accepting the world the way it is and being okay with that. When I say accepting the world the way it is, I don't mean that we shouldn't try to change unjust societies or unjust situations in our immediate environment (with family and friends), but rather accepting the fact that people live and die, experience joy and suffering, and so on. These are things that we have no ultimate control over.”
#9
80 years sounds like a long time at first, but it's actually very short.
Susan Teter 1 year ago
My then 80 year old father told me "You will never believe how fast 80 years goes".
Michael Danhauer 1 year ago
Its not short or long... It's 80 years... Human perspective changes over time... The more time you experience the faster smaller intervals seem to pass but it's only your brain comparing it to your total chronological memory
Melanie Filmer 1 year ago
I've suffered chronic pain since I was 15, I'm now 41. The thought of living my whole life all over again before I die is horrifying!
#10
No one gives a f**k about you. Except your dog.
JB 1 year ago
Do you need a hug? You seem like you need a hug. Here, have a hug from a complete internet stranger. There’s nothing creepy about it. I just want you to know even if you’re all sorts of snarky (yep, I’ve read your comments) it doesn’t mean you’re unlovable. So imma virtually wrap my arms around you, give you the biggest hug ever.
Load More Replies... notreallyraine (they/them) 1 year ago
ive had a mental breakdown on the phone with my boyfriend multiple times and he didnt leave me so
Sonja 1 year ago
Oh my cat too. He might ignore me all day, but as soon as I start crying, he's there, meowing, touching me, doing everything to make me stop, sitting as still as a puppet in my arms while I cry into his fur. It clearly disturbs him and he follows me around for days to make sure it doesn't happen again, constantly climbing on me and sniffing my eyes and cheeks to ensure they're now dry. He was my best comfort when my mom died two years ago, and whenever I have a moment of grief he's there. That cat has a golden retriever soul in a cat body.
#11
You could give it your all and come out empty handed.
E.g.; Nikola Tesla.
Dak Janiels 1 year ago
Well said Cosmikid! He didn't do a dA'mn thing for fame or $, he did it because he wanted to make the world a better place!
Load More Replies... When it comes to what tends to upset people the most, the expert admitted that it’s hard to think of things outside of the most obvious. “A sense of injustice often upsets people,” he contemplated. “Also, not being recognized or respected (that often accompanies a sense of injustice, especially among oppressed people).”
He also pointed out that at the level of everyday interpersonal interactions, people want to be listened to or understood, and if they’re not, a feeling of isolation and other negative emotions might arise. “If this is accompanied by what looks like willful ignorance, neglect, or an unwillingness to really listen or try to understand on the part of another person, this can lead to anger and resentment, of which there seems to be no shortage.”
#12
That sometimes it doesn’t matter what you do. Not everyone can succeed, be wealthy, etc.
Vadertime 1 year ago
Success is not something measured by materialistic gains. It is measured by the amount happiness, friends and family.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
It's mostly the places you were born and raised that matter.
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Mr_Devious 1 year ago
I would say don't be "ordinary," be your unique self. Just don't measure yourself or your happiness against other people.
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The time you spend with your parents is counted. You may only have 5 more Thanksgivings with them.
scotty 1 year ago
Thanksgiving is a great opportunity but not the only one. There are 365 days a year to love your parents.
María Hermida 1 year ago
Yes, but many times family members live far from each other and they can only meet for special occasions, like Christmas or a celebration once a year.
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
When you get to the point where you might only have five years with them, you tend to be aware of it and act accordingly
#14
Most of those happy little babies and toddlers you see will ground down by life into shallow joyless husks.
I look at my daughter and wish I could do more for her to protect her from this world.
Bartlet for World Domination 1 year ago
If you teach your children to enjoy reading, looking for beauty, being outside, and being creative, they will not be ground down by anything.
Sergy Yeltsen 1 year ago
This world has gone past the reasonable utopia of the 80s - 90s and turned into a wasteland of hatred, racism, religion, consumerism, etc etc. Middle class has all but been wiped out so now there will only be poverty level and ultra-rich. Time for the next GRB to sterilise the planet and let something else take over.
keyboardtek 1 year ago
Time for you to chill a bit. Maybe listen to some good music, get into a creative fun activity. Maybe start dancing, get a girlfriend. Something to give you some pleasure. Go for a walk in the woods. Go white water rafting. Go to the library and start reading science fiction. There are so many beautiful and fun things to do!
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Betty Vanderhooven-SchmaaSchmaa 1 year ago
Do we really want our children to be successful in such a sick and unfair society? You have to be a bit twisted to succeed.
Shawn Barry 1 year ago
Don't protect her which leaves her vulnerable, aggressively prepare her with martial arts and your wisdom/experience.
“So, the very things that can be beneficial to reflect on—sadness, tragedy, what Camus calls ‘the unreasonable silence of the universe’, and so on—can turn quite negative at times, especially at a personal level if the person cannot find a way, through an attitude, disposition, strategy, or whatever, to put the negative into perspective,” Dr. Foster pointed out.
“Of course, some people experience situations in life that seem so negative that it is difficult to imagine how they can rise above it. Jean-Paul Sartre, at least in his early work, thought that even in such situations, one can respond with a certain ‘attitude’ which can still be positive and which they can take responsibility for. There are times when I think he may have been right, but other times when I am not so sure. Some circumstances seem almost impossible to overcome, psychologically or attitude-wise.”
#15
Youth is truly wasted on the young!!!!
keyboardtek 1 year ago
Not necessarily. We oldsters often want to share what we learned about life. But many young people are arrogant know it all's who ignore what we have to say.
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ColdSteelRonin 1 year ago
There is also that stage when you're old enough to know better but too young to care
#16
Your body does wear out eventually. Take care of it early. 62 male. It won't happen to me, I'm invincible. Superhuman.
It does and will happen. Listen to your "olders" we have been there done that.
Rick 1 year ago
My parents siblings or relatives never sat down with me and told me how much aging sucks.
Nykky 1 year ago
The issue is that old people don't give a s**t to tell younger people how bad it can get because they never got the same treatment, and young people generally don't have the wisdom to take them at their word. It all just sucks.
Cheryl Robinson-Atwood 1 year ago
I ran, and occasionally won, 5k races up until my hip gave out, and I had to have it (and later a knee) replaced. I'm nowhere near the person I was, just a few short years ago, physically. Take care of what you have, because it's gone before you know it.
Ramirez rachael 1 year ago
The superhuman factor can only last so long. Some people could do any damage to their body and live forever. Some people could do minimal damage and face all the repercussions of their actions.
Sonja Klasson 1 year ago
I‘m 37 years old, and my body is like a 110 year old womans. I have Loeys-Dietz Syndrome and my body was like a 110 year old womans when i was 34, so you cannot say that to us that have syndromes like mine. 🤬(Sorry for my bad english grammar.)
#17
Life is unfair. You can try your best and still not succeed and someone else can have it all without any effort.
DRMAGDN 1 year ago
Money and socioeconomic class mean a lot in success. So keep that in mind as you are grinding to get to the top and be a bit more patient with yourself.
Šimon Špaček 1 year ago
Often it is not about 'what you know' but 'who you know'. Especially when you apply for a job.
Load More Replies... Susie Elle 1 year ago
Let go of the expectancy of fairness. You already know nothing is divided equally among all, neither good nor bad. Learn to move with the waves of life instead.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
It's always interesting watch someone protesting that life isn't fair. The sooner you learn that it isn't fair, the less you will feel obligated to fight and complain about it when life hits you in the face with its realities.
Cosmikid 1 year ago
This is a more difficult point than we think. Life IS unfair; we'll agree. But - we EXPECT it to be- and it always hurts when we learn otherwise. Why? It turns out our animal friends are also born with deep expectation of fairness. Long studies of dogs - and ANY of you who own more than one will confirm - if you give more (treats, attention...) to one dog than the other - the cheated one will resent it- and retaliate. For days. True for horses, sheep, etc etc. And us. Where did this originate? Science has no suggestion at the moment- and it ain't in the Bible, neither.
#18
You will be forgotten.
Any 1 year ago
That's good. Who want's to get remembered? After a few generations nobody will remember you. The only people that are remembered long... are mostly the ones who did really bad things.
Kaedyn Walsh 1 year ago
Um.... Countless historical people did great things.
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Miliukov Oleksandr 1 year ago
Lifehack: you cannot be forgotten if you not remembered in the first place
Carl Reichart 1 year ago
It's said we die 3 times: once when you die, twice when you're buried and third when your name is uttered for the last time.
Jamie Williams 1 year ago
As a genealogist, my ancestors are remembered by at least one person. Unfortunately for me, as I will have no grandchildren, my descendants stop with my kids. I've come to terms with it. 500 years from now a very distant cousin won't even be bothered with my branch.
#19
All relationships end in loss.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
Your job is to make sure the plusses outweighed the minuses when the relationship ends.
ColdSteelRonin 1 year ago
“The pain of grief is just as much part of life as the joy of love: it is perhaps the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment. To ignore this fact, or to pretend that it is not so, is to put on emotional blinkers which leave us unprepared to help others cope with losses in theirs.” Dr Colin Murray Parkes
Susie Elle 1 year ago
I beg to differ. In one way, yes. In another way, no, since I'll have gained a lot as well.
JB 1 year ago
When you accept a pet into your life, you know from day one, at some point you’re going to say goodbye. And it will hurt. Odds are it will hurt far more than you thought it would. I can’t imagine the pain of having a child who should outlive you but doesn’t. I’m so sorry for your loss.
#20
We’re all trapped in a dystopian nightmare but it is real life.
90HD 1 year ago
It all depends on where you live. Urban Chicago or New York? Dystopia. Rural south Dakota? Heaven.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
Even that is narrow minded. How about Ukraine? Bad. Western Europe? Good. USA? Depends on who you ask. And so on. USA is not the whole world.
Load More Replies... scotty 1 year ago
No. The nightmare is in your head unless you’re living in an area torn by war.
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 year ago
I live in a world torn apart by class war - the nightmare exists because the rich are praised while the poor are deemed feckless for struggling in a system that is totally stacked against them.
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#21
A lot of success relies on luck.
The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Random chance is a different story.
#22
That you gain wisdom when you're too old to steer your life anymore.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
I don't agree with this one. While many acquire additional wisdom as they age, I have met children who were wise beyond their years as well as older people who were devoid of wisdom.
Mobey Drunk 1 year ago
I completely agree. It was the main influence I had when I wrote a song called "don't underestimate the youth". Some people seem to think that age equals IQ
Load More Replies... Hugh Cookson 1 year ago
No, I've known people who were as thick as pigshit from the cradle to the grave, and more to the point, I've met many more stupid and ignorant old people than I have ignorant young people (for reference, I'm 65 and have, for my sins, worked for most of my life with the general public ..)
Doctor Strange 1 year ago
False. You can acquire wisdom at any age, so long as you are willing to learn
keyboardtek 1 year ago
The one piece of wisdom I finally learned: If you do not start a daily exercise routine when your are young, when you are old, you will not only have to do twice as much exercise with physical therapy to deal with joint issues, you will also have a ton of other health issues as well.
LuLuBelle 1 year ago
I've never exercised and I'm an extremely healthy 60 year old. No joint issues and the only health issue I have is high blood pressure that's controlled with medication. A lot of your health in old age is genetic, or diet related. Not eating ultraprocessed food is way more important than an exercise routine.
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#23
That no matter what you do in some way you will always suffer, suffering is part of the human condition.
keyboardtek 1 year ago
All of life is just learning how to alleviate the suffering and solve life's problems.
Nykky 1 year ago
Or distracting yourself from stuff. Like anxiety! There is no lion chasing me, brain, just stfu and enjoy the movie.
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C Cat 1 year ago
Pain is inevitable, suffering is not. You can be going through a tough time and still be happy. Suffering = pain + resistance, so remove the resistance and replace it with acceptance, and you can still enjoy life while navigating what it throws at you.
LuLuBelle 1 year ago
Try some metastatic bone disease and then get back to me about enjoying life.
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LuLuBelle 1 year ago
Says someone who has clearly never really suffered. I assure you the devastating bone cancer pain my husband suffered with despite being heavily medicated was not just a poor state of mind.
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Joshua Seaman 1 year ago
Gautama put forth the 4 noble truths as a path to end suffering. He didn't say that you have no choice in the matter and you will always suffer.
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Kimbowa 1 year ago
Has there ever been just one single person on this earth that lived or lives that hasn’t suffered at all? I need to know.
Nonna_SoF 1 year ago (edited)
Depends what you mean by lived. Anencephaly is a condition where a large part of the brain, skill, and scalp is missing. Some portion of people born with this condition lack the cognitive ability to experience suffering. They also typically die with in a few days of being born.
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#24
Life isn’t fair, and not everything happens for a reason.
Craig Reynolds 1 year ago
It took 13= billion years for light from the Big Bang to reach us and we are not at the edge of the universe! That means the universe beyond us has already seen our history. That implies destiny or that everything that is or ever was, already happened and we are just playing catch up.
#25
You are mostly destined for what situation you arrive into. If your Dad has a commercial real estate business when your born. Chances are, more likely than not you will be a commercial real estate owner and be filthy rich and there's nothing you did great or wonderful to put yourself in that position besides being born into that family and then basically not becoming a d**g addict and ruining your opportunity.
Most of us aren't born into money and that's why most people don't have a lot. It's pretty straight forward. There are outliers and success stories of paupers to princes but the fact is- that's not very likely. I'm sorry. It doesn't mean you won't have a good life, but if you get too fixated on the American dream you will always come up short.
The American Dream is no longer for any American- it is for the top 10%.
MoMcB 1 year ago
Absolutely. A friend let me stay, so I wasn't on the streets, and 13 years on, I'm in my own place. It's not big or fancy, but it's mine.
Load More Replies... ColdSteelRonin 1 year ago
The last line is soooo being the victim and defeatist. The owner of the company I work for was living on the streets and sleeping in a cardboard box and is now the president and CEO of a company that employs approx. 70 people and does an average of 18M in sales a year (industrial services provider)
Carol Weber 1 year ago
There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little. (Jackie French Koller)
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
And most local rich families will be ruined by the third or forth generation.
90HD 1 year ago
I think the Belgian dream has something to do with Africa.
Load More Replies... Mobey Drunk 1 year ago
The reason they call it the American dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it. George Carlin
Laura Williams 1 year ago
Things can change but it's expectations that determine if your happy about it. Not a pessimist. I am a realist. My motto expect nothing you will never be disappointed, but be happy about the good that comes your way.
#26
You spend your life creating memories to look back upon when you get old just to have your mind to forget them.
scotty 1 year ago
A life well lived isn’t about memories. It is about affecting those near you in a positive way, making a small but definite difference in their lives and thereby giving meaning to your own.
María Hermida 1 year ago
Is the man in the photo Ronald Reagan????? If he is, it's veeeeery black humour.
LuLuBelle 1 year ago
He started developing Alzheimer's while he was still in office.
Load More Replies... Susie Elle 1 year ago
Take photos, that's all I can say. Your memory is far from complete, you'll never remember everything, regardless of how old you are.
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
I don't have social media but every time I have fun or do something worth remembering I just upload the photos or short videos to my drive.
#27
Living everyday even if you don't want.
Jahl 1 year ago
Some people never get the help they need even when they ask for it
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#28
Mine is that every beginning has an end, and everything we hold dear today might be just a memory tomorrow.
Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
In the right place with the right gear that can be downright pleasant.
Load More Replies... Limey Cheesehead 1 year ago
Anything that happens today will ONLY be a memory tomorrow. That's the way life works.
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
If we taught kids this when they are young instead of lying to them about the mythological after life, the world would be a better place. you would accept loss for what it is, part of life.
#29
I just created 2 amazing humans who I love with all my heart and they will grow old and die. What's the point?
Any 1 year ago
To make something of the time, that is given. For themselves. For yourself. There is nothing else.
Shawn Barry 1 year ago
a chance for the soul that entered them to delight in this marvelous space/time
ZuriLovesYou 1 year ago
Jeez, man. If you think like that, you might as well just lay in your bed and die.
Laura Williams 1 year ago
Teach them the good things about life. Show them you love them, play with them. Watch them become their own separate people. Also,talk to your doctor about postpartum depression.
#30
No matter what you do, there will always be someone that outshines you at whatever it is. For me it's art.
Šimon Špaček 1 year ago
Bad attitude. Take me as an example. In 2019 I decided that I want to learn to play some instrument. I decided to buy a ukulele (with thought "how hard it can be, it has only 4 strings after all") and I gave it a try. I learned few chords and gave it a try and I was pretty rubbish, honestly. But who cares? I got little bit better after some time, so I took it to work to practice during night shifts. And after a one or two shifts, I realized three things. First, it is funny instrument. Everyone wanted to give it a try. Second, some of my colleagues were pretty good with music. Third, I didn't make good music, but I pushed somebody else to grab a guitar again and make good music. It even looked like they will start a band (but then Covid happened). You don't need to be great (or good), you can still make a change.
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
same here, I very rarely play in public but enjoy jamming got blues tracks on the piano at home with my earphones on. When I play back the recordings I'm glad I choose a different profession. I admire some bands I see at local gigs that play xit and just celeb it as if they were rock stars. Most people at the gigs can't tell the differences.
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Aileen Grist 1 year ago
But you will always outshine me at art - but not at everything that I do.
keyboardtek 1 year ago
Compare to despair. It is a saying jazz musicians have as they are so competitive and always comparing themselves to the better musicians. That way lies the path to depression.
Jason 1 year ago
It's true with everything in life. There is only 1 human out of all of us on the planet that is the absolute best at something. The chances that you are that are very small. With dedication and effort you can be very good, not the best, but you don't have to be to enjoy it and be successful
#31
Each person has a ceiling. Some are higher than others.
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JoyfulZebra 1 year ago (edited)
A lot of these felt like they were written by a teenager trying to be edgy
Faye Drewit 1 year ago
YOU JUST DONT UNDERSTAND MEEEEEEEEEEEE *cries in angsty child*
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Duvet Woman 1 year ago
I'm in my mid 50s and had to stop reading this. Too depressing reminding me I've only got a relative amount of good years left. Right I'm off to find posts about cute animals.
Cosmikid 1 year ago
It could help for these souls in anguish to fully realize that a) they are not alone in these feelings and b) in fact these insights and observations - are ancient. Thousands of years old. The very best example I know of is the music- and words - in "O Fortuna" - composed in 1935 by Carl Orff, based on poems he found - from the 1200s . Fortuna being the Roman goddess Fate- and the entire piece is an outrage, anger- about Fate screwing everybody, all the time. You probably know the music- it's of the most epic music we have. All the stories about it get long- This is the production I know best; German TV, first rate https://tinyurl.com/y2a7zvvf You don't have to speak German - just watch the anger against - Fate. Ok, they were cursing God, really... but you're not supposed to... So - we all know these things. And yet- and yet.
Yuffa Kinazzo 1 year ago
Quit drinking, smoking dope, watching tic tock, read a book and go outside once in a while. Talk to people. And lastly, lose the negative outlook about EVERYTHING. Try that for a month and repost. I'll wait.
JoyfulZebra 1 year ago (edited)
A lot of these felt like they were written by a teenager trying to be edgy
Faye Drewit 1 year ago
YOU JUST DONT UNDERSTAND MEEEEEEEEEEEE *cries in angsty child*
Load More Replies... Duvet Woman 1 year ago
I'm in my mid 50s and had to stop reading this. Too depressing reminding me I've only got a relative amount of good years left. Right I'm off to find posts about cute animals.
Cosmikid 1 year ago
It could help for these souls in anguish to fully realize that a) they are not alone in these feelings and b) in fact these insights and observations - are ancient. Thousands of years old. The very best example I know of is the music- and words - in "O Fortuna" - composed in 1935 by Carl Orff, based on poems he found - from the 1200s . Fortuna being the Roman goddess Fate- and the entire piece is an outrage, anger- about Fate screwing everybody, all the time. You probably know the music- it's of the most epic music we have. All the stories about it get long- This is the production I know best; German TV, first rate https://tinyurl.com/y2a7zvvf You don't have to speak German - just watch the anger against - Fate. Ok, they were cursing God, really... but you're not supposed to... So - we all know these things. And yet- and yet.
Yuffa Kinazzo 1 year ago
Quit drinking, smoking dope, watching tic tock, read a book and go outside once in a while. Talk to people. And lastly, lose the negative outlook about EVERYTHING. Try that for a month and repost. I'll wait.
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